Tense

Annyeong chingu!!

Long time no see you. In this blog, I will provide material about the Tense that Ms. Fatma taught at this meeting.

Tenses are divided into 4 types: present, past, future, and past future.

1. Simple Present Tense. (Subject + Verb 1)

The simple present tense is used to express facts, narrate an event, or customs that occur in the present. Example:

+ (Positive): “They speak Korean very well.”

- (Negative): “They don’t speak Korean.”

? (Question): “Do they speak Korean?”

2. Present Continuous Tense. (Subject + am/is/are + Verb -ing)

The present continuous tense is used to describe events that are happening as you speak. In addition, this tense can also be used to tell future plans. For this tense, there is a change in verb form with the addition of -ing at the end.

+ (Positive): “She is working on her homework now.”

- (Negative): “She is not working on her homework now.”

? (Question): “Is she working on her homework now?”

3. Present Perfect Tense. (Subject + has/have + Verb 3)

The present perfect tense is the tense for describing an action or actions that are ongoing or have just been completed. Present perfect tense tends to emphasize the impact of an action that has been completed. Example:

+ (Positive): “They have seen the movie Spider-Man: No way home.”

- (Negative): “They have not seen the movie Spider-Man: No way home.”

? (Question): “Have they seen the movie Spider-Man: No way home?”

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense. (Subject + has/have + been + Verb -ing) 

The present perfect continuous tense is used to show an action that has been completed at some point in the past and is still continuing today.

+ (Positive): “I have been thinking about it.”

- (Negative): “I have not been thinking about it.”

? (Question): “Have I been thinking about it?”

5. Simple Past Tense. (Subject + Verb II) 

The simple past tense is used to narrate an event, habit, state a fact, or situation that happened in the past. This tense uses second or past tense verbs. Example:

+ (Positive): “They called their friends yesterday.”

- (Negative): “They did not call their friends yesterday.”

? (Question): “Did they call their friends yesterday?”

6. Past Continuous Tense. (Subject + was/were + Verb -ing)

The past continuous tense is a tense form for describing events that happened in the past. Example:

+ (Positive): “I was washing my clothes when the phone rang.”

- (Negative): “I was not washing my clothes when the phone rang.”

? (Question): “Was I washing my clothes when the phone rang?”

7. Past Perfect Tense. (Subject + had + Verb 3)

The past perfect tense is used to express an event that happened before a certain time in the past. Example:

+ (Positive): “The girl had cried before her mother came.”

- (Negative): “The girl had not cried before her mother came.”

? (Question): “Had the girl cried before her mother came?”

8. Past Perfect Cotinuous Tense. (Subject + had + been + Verb -ing)

+ (Positive): “She had been studying math all day.”

- (Negative): “She had not been studying math all day.”

? (Question): “Had she been studying math all day?”

9. Simple Future Tense. (Subject + will/be going to + Verb 1)

The simple future tense is used to describe an event that will happen in the future.

+ (Positive): “She will come to the cinema tomorrow.”

- (Negative): “She will not come to the cinema tomorrow.”

? (Question): “Will she come to the cinema tomorrow?”

10. Future Continuous Tense. (Subject + will + be + Verb -ing)

The present continuous tense is used to narrate an event that will definitely happen in the near future. Example:

+ (Positive): “He will be playing basketball in the playground tomorrow morning.”

- (Negative): “He will not be playing basketball in the playground tomorrow morning.”

? (Question): “Will he be playing basketball in the playground tomorrow morning?”

11. Future Perfect Tense. (Subject + will have + Verbs 3)

The future perfect tense is used to express that there is an action that will be performed and completed at a certain time in the future. Example:

 + (Positive): “I will have finished my homework by tomorrow.”

- (Negative): “I will not have finished my homework by tomorrow.”

? (Question): “Will she have finished her homework by tomorrow?”

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense. (Subject + will + have + been + Verb -ing)

The future perfect continuous tense is used to express a description of an action that will continue until a certain point in time in the future. Example:

+ (Positive): “In December, I will have been working at my company for one year.”

- (Negative): “I will not have been working at my company for one year in December.”

? (Question): “In December, will you have been working at your company for one year?”

13. Simple Past Future Tense. (Subject + would + Bare Infinitive atau Subject + was/were + going to + Bare Infinitive)

The past future tense is used to express actions to be taken, make predictions, and make promises in the future while in the past. Example:

+ (Positive): “She would forgive you”

- (Negative): “She would not forgive you” 

? (Question): “Would she forgive you?” 

14. Past Future Continuous Tense. (Subject + would + be + Verb -ing)

Past future continuous tense, the function of this tense is to show an event that will happen in the past. Example:

+ (Positive): “I would be studying at your house yesterday, but I didn’t because I got sick.”

- (Negative): “Anna would not be dying if she came to the hospital earlier.”

? (Question): “Would you be letting me see your painting?”

15. Past Future Perfect Tense. (Subject + would + have + Verb 3)

The past future perfect tense is used to show an activity that should have been completed in the past. However, just like the past future continuous tense, the activity was not completed for one reason or another that happened in the past. Example:

+ (Positive): “Mina would have finished her homework if she hadn’t gone shopping.”

- (Negative): “People would not have known about BTS if there were no fans behind them.”

? (Question): “Would you have finished your homework before tomorrow afternoon?”

16. Past Future Continuous Tense. (Subject + would + have been + Verb -ing)

The past future perfect continuous tense is used to describe things or activities that will, are, and have been done in the past. Usually, there is more than one time statement in this tense. Example:

+ (Positive): “I would have been working in leading companies for six years.”

- (Negative): “I would not have been working in leading companies for six years.”

? (Question): “Would you have been working in leading companies for six years?”

Yeay!!! Finally the material about Tense has been completed. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. Byee byee! :)